[Python] ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'webdrivermanager' with Spyder

Question: Why do I get the error I get, although to me it seems that the webdriver is in PATH?

Problem description and context:

I am trying to do some coding that requires using the webdriver manager for Chrome. I am testing the configuration with the following code (not my own, should work as it is, as it's provided in course material).

import django, selenium, bs4, requests
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options
import socket

# There is a 'feature' in selenium which may cause the firewall to react unless you provide an explicit port for the driver
def free_port():
free_socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
free_socket.bind(('localhost', 0))
free_socket.listen(5)
port = free_socket.getsockname()[1]
free_socket.close()
return port


options = Options()
options.headless = True
options.add_argument('--no-sandbox')
driver = webdriver.Chrome(port=free_port(), options=options)
driver.get('https://www.google.com')
print('Good so far')


However, when running the above script in Spyder, I get the following error.

runfile('/Users/USERNAME/Downloads/sanity.py', wdir='/Users/USERNAME/Downloads')
Traceback (most recent call last):

File "/Users/USERNAME/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.8/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/common/service.py", line 72, in start
self.process = subprocess.Popen(cmd, env=self.env,

File "/Users/USERNAME/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.8/subprocess.py", line 854, in __init__
self._execute_child(args, executable, preexec_fn, close_fds,

File "/Users/USERNAME/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.8/subprocess.py", line 1702, in _execute_child
raise child_exception_type(errno_num, err_msg, err_filename)

FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'chromedriver'


During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "/Users/USERNAME/Downloads/sanity.py", line 19, in <module>
driver = webdriver.Chrome(port=free_port(), options=options)

File "/Users/USERNAME/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.8/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/chrome/webdriver.py", line 73, in __init__
self.service.start()

File "/Users/USERNAME/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.8/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/common/service.py", line 81, in start
raise WebDriverException(

WebDriverException: 'chromedriver' executable needs to be in PATH. Please see https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/chromedriver/home


When echoing PATH in terminal, I see there the folder /Users/USERNAME/opt/anaconda/pkgs, where both the webdriver-manager and selenium are located.

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